The Cocker Buenos Aires

... 20th October), so thank you to all who have followed my journey and for any comments good or bad. <br>I hope it has not been too boring, I deliberately never put in too much detail about the places I visited, the research and typing up, takes up too much time. <br>Come and see them for yourself if you possibly can, it is not as difficult as it first appears.<br><br>Hasta luego.

... of traffic in each direction and 2 central reservations.<br><br>First stop is an average lunch after picking up cash etc and getting the chores out of the way. Then a visit to San Telmo (via the famous Casa Rosada where Madonna served the argentinians - or was it Eva Peron) and its extraordinary sunday markets which stretch for miles along La Defensa. The markets are superb as are the normal shops tucked behind the stalls - antiques, t-shirts, fashion ...

... one on the bus seems to mind. now sustenace becomes essential. Peter, who i met in SF recently, but lives here had mentioned that although you can get almost any food here, and it is a very huge and dense city (13 million), you can never get what you want, when you want it (see above). I find an upscale bakery w/ empanadas but then at the last minute spied some cooked patty thing. I don´t know what i thought it was, but it turned out to be a green pepper and ...

... pay. We waited and waited and were just about to give up. When this guy approached us his tickets were season pass cards which we had to return to him so we knew that they were good. We paid and off we went into the stadium. We showed our passes to an official ...and he started yelling at us in Spanish...we had no idea what he was saying. We thought that we were just swindled, and would not see the game . After ...

... USD20 for a photo of Bill, Littles and myself. I found this really annoying so took video anyway, no-one asked me to stop. Gavin decided not to come as dancing was not his thing, and with the cost it was probably the correct decision. Bill and I also bought some sleeping mats and a tent, so camping here we come! We bought Marks sleeping bag from him, which should hold me in good stead. Some of the camping stores will do discounts and some ...

... In total, we spent about 4 hours walking around San Telmo and its vendors. By the time we got back to Fede´s apartment, my feet were killing of course. We relaxed and napped and went out with yet another couchsurfer we contacted. Martin and his friend Bruno picked us up and took us for drinks at a couple different places. The first place was some sort of Irish pub I guess called Kilkenny, where live bands play often- no one was playing on this quiet Sunday ...

... we've got it sorted, even if we didn't have enough cash to book the tickets today. We'll head back tomorrow I think, just to make sure. <br><br>After that we took the subway back into Palermo, where we've just found an internet place because the "free internet" advertised by our hostel is, as ...

... to our early arrival, and it being a Saturday, we were not delayed by traffic, and were soon exiting the motorway onto the magnificent Avenida 9 de Julio, claiming to be the widest urban thoroughfare in the world. We pass by the impressive white obelisk and enter the narrow streets of central Buenos Aires, the "Microcentro ...